John Hospers was the first Libertarian to run in the 1972 electoral map seen below.
See a portion of a documentary on Nixon's monumental trip to China in 1972:
See clips of our "most athletic president" tripping on national television:
“If your government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away from you everything you have.” Gerald Ford
1970s Music and commercials
Here is a picture of Lynette Fromme one of two women who tried to assassinate President Ford. She was also a member of the famous 60's "Manson Family".
Here is a recent cartoon about former President Jimmy Carter:
1980's Music and Culture
President Ronald Reagan: "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" 1/20/80
Ronald Reagan deals with a heckler during a campaign stop:
Assassination attempt on President Reagan, March 30, 1981. The movie that inspired John Hinckley, Jr. Honey I forgot to duck
Ronald Reagan talks about the assassination attempt:
John Hospers was the first Libertarian to run in the 1972 electoral map seen below.
See a portion of a documentary on Nixon's monumental trip to China in 1972:
See clips of our "most athletic president" tripping on national television:
“If your government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away from you everything you have.”
Gerald Ford
1970s Music and commercials
Here is a picture of Lynette Fromme one of two women who tried to assassinate President Ford. She was also a member of the famous 60's "Manson Family".
Here is a recent cartoon about former President Jimmy Carter:
Go here to watch a short documentary on the Americans taken hostage by the Iranians in 1979:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGUI7kDLsQo
Click on this link to read about former President Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2002/press.html
1980's Music and Culture
President Ronald Reagan: "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" 1/20/80
Ronald Reagan deals with a heckler during a campaign stop:
Assassination attempt on President Reagan, March 30, 1981.
Honey I forgot to duck
Ronald Reagan talks about the assassination attempt:
See the famous "Tear down this wall" speech:
President Reagan notes here:
Go here to read about the execution of one of Saddam Hussain's henchman for gas warfare used against the Kurds in 1988:
Chemical Ali
See short video about an East German woman who escaped through Hungary
November 9th, 1989
The Berlin Wall Comes Down and the end of Communism in Eastern Europe